Women’s Hair Lengths Explained

5 Women’s Hair Lengths Explained (Charts & Diagrams)

Check out our awesome illustrated charts that show you the different hair lengths such as very short, short, medium-length, long and very long.

I like the above chart because it’s far more helpful than the more common terms which are short, medium-length and long hair. Some people may even say “very short” or “very long” but again, one person’s view of what’s short hair may be totally different than someone else.

The charts above and below use anatomy to give some absolute definition to hair length which helpful.

1. Very short = Above the ear or shorter

We acknowledge that some people may consider very short buzz cut only. We get that, but we also include close-cropped cuts like pixie cuts in our very short definition for women. For men, very short would only be a buzz cut, for women, it’s not out of the question to include a short pixie cut.

2. Short = Chin and Above

Some people might consider above chin length to be short and not just very short. Again, defining hair lengths isn’t easy and there’s room for interpretation.